Law and Justice Committee hears update on Criminal Justice Data Warehouse implementation
Jan 14, 2026
Staff and agency leaders reported progress on Montana’s Criminal Justice Data Warehouse project, including technical integration work by the Department of Administration and sample data‑sharing steps outlined by the Board of Crime Control. Public comment raised privacy and access concerns.
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Laura Sherley, Lead Staff with the Legislative Services Division, opened the Criminal Justice Data Warehouse agenda item and summarized the project timeline and statutory mandate. Kayla Bragg, Executive Director of the Montana Board of Crime Control, and Janice Fries, Director of the Statistical Analysis Center at MBCC, described milestones reached on governance, data contribution agreements, and planned analytic outputs.
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